In un articolo sul proprio sito, McKinsey ha chiesto agli amministratori delegati di alcune importanti aziende globali quali libri si sarebbero portati in vacanza. In redazione abbiamo trovato la varietà delle tematiche estremamente stimolante, tale da consigliarci di offrirla tale quale ai nostri lettori.
Dominic Barton, McKinsey
The Black Prince of Florence: The Spectacular Life and Treacherous World of Alessandro de’ Medici di Catherine Fletcher (Bodley Head, 2016; nonfiction)
The European Identity: Historical and Cultural Realities We Cannot Deny di Stephen Green (Haus Publishing, 2016; nonfiction)
China’s Mobile Economy: Opportunities in the Largest and Fastest Information Consumption Boom di Winston Ma (John Wiley & Sons, 2016; nonfiction)
The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks di Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown and Company, 2016; nonfiction)
Carl Bass, Autodesk
Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon di Kevin Fedarko (Scribner, 2014; nonfiction)
Ordinary Grace di William Kent Krueger (Atria Books, 2014; fiction)
Fuori a rubar cavalli di Per Petterson (Picador, 2008; fiction)
Fundamentals of Press Brake Tooling di Ben Rapien (Hanser, 2010; nonfiction)
Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Etisalat Nigeria
Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy di Robert H. Frank (Princeton University Press, 2016; nonfiction)
L’arte della vittoria. Autobiografia del fondatore della Nike di Phil Knight (Scribner, 2016; nonfiction)
History’s People: Personalities and the Past di Margaret MacMillan (House of Anansi Press, 2015; nonfiction)
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism di Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson (Oxford University Press, 2013; nonfiction)
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase
The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America di Arthur C. Brooks (Broadside Books, 2015; nonfiction)
Ronald Reagan di Jacob Weisberg (Times Books, 2016; nonfiction)
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn
The Inner Lives of Markets: How People Shape Them—And They Shape Us di Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan (PublicAffairs, 2016; nonfiction)
More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First di Steve Hilton with Jason and Scott Bade (WH Allen, 2015; nonfiction)
Il vero credente: sulla natura del fanatismo di massa di Eric Hoffer (HarperCollins Publishers, 2010; nonfiction)
This Brave New World: India, China and the United States di Anja Manuel (Simon & Schuster, 2016; nonfiction)
The Gene: An Intimate History di Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner, 2016; nonfiction)
The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks di Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown & Company, 2016; nonfiction)
Andrew N. Liveris, Dow
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing di Benjamin Graham (Harper Business, 2006; nonfiction)
The First Clash: The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization – James Lacey (Bantam, 2013; nonfiction)
Australia’s Second Chance di George Megalogenis (Penguin Books Australia, 2015; nonfiction)
Carlo Messina, Intesa Sanpaolo
Quando il respiro si fa aria. Un medico, la sua malattia e il vero significato della vita di Paul Kalanithi (Random House, 2016; nonfiction)
Phuthuma Nhleko, Mobile Telephone Networks
La vita della mente di Hannah Arendt (Mariner Books, 1981; nonfiction)
The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy di Mervyn King (W.W. Norton & Company, 2016; nonfiction)
Walter Robb, Whole Foods Market
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time di Arianna Huffington (Harmony, 2016; nonfiction)
Lungo camino verso la libertà. Autobiografia di Nelson Mandela (Back Bay Books, 1995; nonfiction)
The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics di Sean Wilentz (W.W. Norton & Company, 2016; nonfiction)
Chuck Robbins, Cisco
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion di Gregory Boyle (Free Press, 2011; nonfiction)
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford di Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin (Gallery Books, 2016; nonfiction)
The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks di Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown and Company, 2016; nonfiction)
David T. Seaton, Fluor
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World di Tim Marshall (Scribner, 2015; nonfiction)
Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower di Henry M. Paulson (Twelve, 2015; nonfiction)
Roberto Setubal, Itaú Unibanco
L’uomo che amava i cani di Leonardo Padura (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015; fiction)
Terremoti finanziari: come le fratture nascoste minacciano l’economia globale di Raghuram G. Rajan (Princeton University Press, 2011; nonfiction)
Il problema Spinoza di Irvin D. Yalom (Basic Books, 2013; fiction)
Risto Siilasmaa, Nokia
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies di Nick Bostrom (Oxford University Press, 2014; nonfiction)
Who Gets What—and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design di Alvin E. Roth (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015; nonfiction)
Cryptonomicon di Neal Stephenson (Avon Books, 2002; fiction)
Global Energy Interconnection di Zhenya Liu (Academic Press, 2015; nonfiction)
花木兰 – la favola cinese di Mulan (fiction, in mandarino)
Wendell P. Weeks, Corning
The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks di Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown and Company, 2016; nonfiction)
La trilogia di Gilead: Gilead (2006); Casa (2009); Lila (2015) di Marilynne Robinson (Picador; fiction)
Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) di Chade-Meng Tan (HarperOne, 2014; nonfiction)